Optimizing dose of aqueous extract of Mangifera indica L stem bark for treating anaemia and its effect on some disaccharidases activity in iron deficient weanling rats
Iron deficiency, the main cause of anaemia, has been linked with decreased disaccharidases activity. The highest prevalence of iron deficiency is recorded in Africa where plants, including Mangifera indica, with ethnobotanical claims of being used for the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia are ‘ho...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352385915300268 |